About

We believe it should be possible to grow business profits today while sustaining natural resources for future generations. And we believe in the power of markets to do so. We are excited to offer products and services that enable you to grow your business and community.

Integrating hydrology, complex regulations, and market design, our team develops and operates the most advanced water markets in the world. Leveraging the power of computer optimization, our “smart markets” are able to increase market participation and efficiency, making more money for our customers with significantly less time and effort.

There are lots of misunderstandings about what water markets are, how water is valued and priced, and how to tackle today’s pressing water scarcity concerns. That’s where we come in. We provide enrichment opportunities through hands-on workshops. We train stakeholders through one-on-one consulting and classes. We teach young people about water use and trading through games and interactive demonstrations. We develop cutting-edge technology with tailored insights that help water users understand the risks and costs of their water and improve its value and reliability.

If you are interested in learning more about water governance, agricultural water management, or what a smart water market might do for you, please contact us!

The Team

Advisory Board

Glynnis Collins

Glynnis brings 25 years of experience in water resources and organizational management and a passion for increasing the sustainability of our food system. Her skills in strategic planning and financial management help build Mammoth Trading’s effectiveness and impact in water conservation. Previously, Glynnis was center director of the Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center in Nebraska, executive director of Prairie Rivers Network in Illinois, and water resources scientist for the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board in California. She was a 1994 Switzer Fellow, a program that supports exceptional leaders in environmental science, policy, and management.

Glynnis holds a B.S. in Environmental and Forest Biology from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and an M.S. in Biological Sciences from the University of Southern California.

Steven Speicher

Web Developer

Steven is a web developer and designer living and working in sunny Seattle. Originally from the Great Plains, Steven’s roots are deeply embedded into Nebraska’s broad expanses of grass and sky. He graduated from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln and worked in public media for several years before relocating to the Pacific Northwest with his wife. His cat is his most trusted desk companion.

Jed Taylor

Jed is the Director of Operations at the Technology Entrepreneur Center (TEC) and an entrepreneur-in-residence at the EnterpriseWorks technology incubator at the University of Illinois. Jed has helped lead several entrepreneurial efforts on campus, including helping lead the campus effort behind Illinois being named one of the NSF’s initial I-Corps Sites and as well as successfully piloting an NSF backed program to increase the number of startups founded by women and other underrepresented groups (AWARE).

Before joining TEC, Jed was the first employee and the Director of Sales at Pattern Insight, a startup out of the Computer Science Department which was later acquired by VMware. He serves on the boards of several high-tech startups in the Champaign, Illinois area and consults for several others. He was named a Siebel Scholar in 2003 and received the CS @ Illinois Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2013.

Jed holds a bachelor’s in computer science from Utah State University and a master’s in computer science and an MBA from the University of Illinois.

Yusuke Kuwayama

Yusuke Kuwayama is a water resource economist and a Fellow at Resources for the Future. His recent research addresses groundwater use in the agricultural sector, the water resource impacts of oil and gas development, the societal value of remotely sensed data, and innovative technologies for wastewater treatment.

Yusuke received his Ph.D. in agricultural and applied economics and M.S. in economics from the University of Illinois, and an A.B. in economics from Amherst College.

Karina Schoengold

Karina is a water resource economist at the University of Nebraska. Her work is focused on agro-environmental systems, with an emphasis on understanding the adoption of conservation practices by agricultural producers. Much of this work analyzes the effectiveness of alternative conservation policies. Her research has been published in a variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary journals, and she enjoys talking to different audiences about water economics, management, and policy.

Karina has a bachelor of science in mathematics and economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a master of science and Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics from the University of California-Berkeley.

Nick Brozović

Cofounder & Vice President

As a resource economist, Nick has spent many years learning about water and how it’s managed all around the world. Mammoth Trading grew out of his desire to take his basic research results and make them directly useful for people whose livelihoods depend on water. Nick used to be a geologist, and he still enjoys getting his hands dirty in the field.

In addition to his role at Mammoth Trading, Nick is the Director of Policy at the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska, as well as an associate professor of agricultural economics.

Nick holds a bachelor’s in geology from Oxford University, a master’s in geology from the University of Southern California, and a master’s and Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics from the University of California-Berkeley.

Richael K. Young

Cofounder & CEO

Richael specializes in water valuation, risk, strategy, and market design. As an economist, engineer, and entrepreneur, she brings together complementary skillsets for water resources management and policy. She strives to create tailored and cost-effective solutions to pressing water security problems that achieve local economic and environmental goals.

In 2014, Richael cofounded Mammoth Trading, where she serves as CEO. In this capacity, she led the development and implementation of the first smart markets, or algorithmic clearinghouses, for surface water and groundwater in the world. Richael has presented her work at the first-ever White House Water Summit, at World Water Week in Stockholm, and at the Imagine H2O Water Policy Challenge.

Richael holds a B.S. in civil engineering and M.S. degrees in agricultural economics and environmental engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.